Misanthrope
Background information
Origin	France
Genre(s)	Melodic death metal[1] Progressive death metal[2] Avant-garde metal[3] Extreme metal[4]
Years active	1989 - Present
Label(s)	Holy Records
Website	Official site
Members
Phillipe De L'Argilière Jean-Baptiste Boitel Gregory Lambert Anthony Scemama Jean-Jacques Moréac Gaël Feret
Former members
see text

Misanthrope is a French metal band, formed in 1989. The name of the band is taken from Molière's play Le Misanthrope, reflecting the band's very theatrical style and the influence of the French dramatist on their music and lyrics. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... It has been suggested that Florida death metal be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term for the heavy metal subgenres of a more aggressive style than traditional heavy metal. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Molière, engraved on the frontispiece to his Works. ... Le Misanthrope is a 17th century comedy of manners written by French playwright Molière. ...

The band's genre is difficult to define, but could probably be best described as progressive/technical death metal, somewhere along the lines of Opeth or In Flames, with a wide array of tempo and style changes. The band also makes extensive use of keyboards, and features clean, though tormented, vocals alongside the traditional death grunt. It has been suggested that Florida death metal be merged into this article or section. ... Technical death metal, or tech death for short, is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre death metal. ... Opeth is a Progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... First off, If you listen to In Flames you kick ass In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. ... Death grunts, also referred to as death growls, death vocals or harsh vocals[1], is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but is also occasionally used in a variety of other heavy metal sub-genres. ...

Misanthrope was voted best French metal band by the readers of magazines Hard'N'Heavy in 1999, and by the readers of Hard Rock Mag and Hard'N'Heavy in 2000.

The band has announced that they will be releasing their eighth album in 2007.

Discography

• Hater of Mankind (split LP) - 1991
• Variation on Inductive Theories - 1993
• Miracles: Totem Taboo - 1994
• 1666...Theatre Bizarre - 1995
• Visionnaire - 1997
• Libertine Humiliations - 1998
• Misanthrope Immortel - 2000
• Recueil d'Écueils: les Épaves et Autres Oeuvres Interdites - 2000
• Sadistic Sex Daemon - 2003
• Misanthro-Thérapie (15 Années d'Analyse) - 2004
• Métal Hurlant - 2005

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Members

Current members

• Phillipe De L'Argilière - vocals/guitars
• Jean-Baptiste Boitel - guitars/keyboards
• Gregory Lambert - lead guitar
• Anthony Scemama - guitars
• Jean-Jacques Moréac - bass
• Gaël Feret -drums

Former members

• Charles-Henri Moréac - guitars
• Stephane Cros - guitars
• Frantz-Xavier Boscher - guitars
• Lionel Bolore - bass
• Alexandre Iskander - keyboards
• Sergio Gruz - keyboards
• David Barrault - drums
• Olivier Gaubert - drums
• Johansson Offhenstruh - drums
• Alexis Phélipot - drums

External links

• Official site